Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-07 Thread Ashley Cox
To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm currently running a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core cpu and 2 GB ram and I'm recording fine. The mini can

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-06 Thread Ashley Cox
05, 2011 4:33 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm currently running a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core cpu and 2 GB ram and I'm recording

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-06 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hi On Apr 5, 2011, at 5:32 AM, bigboy529 wrote: I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm currently running a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core cpu and 2 GB ram and I'm recording fine. The mini can go up to

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-06 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Of bigboy529 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 4:33 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm currently running a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-05 Thread bigboy529
I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm currently running a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core cpu and 2 GB ram and I'm recording fine. The mini can go up to 2.8 or 9 GHz dual core with 8 GB RAM, but please tell

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-05 Thread Ashley Cox
Just to clarify, what you were referring too, apples top desktop, was the mac pro, not hte powermac. the powermac is the old mac pro, using the ppc processor. you probably already know this, but just to be sure... ash On 05/04/2011 01:58, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi On Apr 4, 2011, at 3:42

RE: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-05 Thread KliphSharrie
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bigboy529 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 4:33 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. The reason for thinking a mini

General questions on mac mini

2011-04-04 Thread bigboy529
Hi I am a blind person new to the Apple world, I am considering getting a mac mini. I've raid someware that the biggest disadvantage of a mac is that it gets out of date quikly, e.g. if I buy a 2010 mac mini with OS snow leopard 10.6, would I be able to install the latest mac OS and other latest

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-04 Thread Colin M
Hi Big Boy! Well as far as going out of date goes I think some people are still using Mac's that are quite old on this list! They will have to tell you! But why I'm writing is to say unless you are going for a older Mac or you need one soon! I should hold off if you can until later this year

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-04 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I don't think Lion will be a big enough reason to wait. I say this because buying a new OS on the Mac is relatively cheaper than buying a new copy of windows. Snow Leopard for example cost $30. I have no clue how much Apple will charge for Lion when it comes out but, I would be

RE: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-04 Thread KliphSharrie
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini Hi Big Boy! Well as far as going out of date goes I think some people are still using Mac's that are quite old on this list! They will have to tell you! But why I'm writing is to say unless you are going for a older Mac or you need one

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-04 Thread Scott Howell
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini Hi Big Boy! Well as far as going out of date goes I think some people are still using Mac's that are quite old on this list! They will have to tell you! But why I'm writing is to say unless you are going for a older

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-04 Thread bigboy529
I'll be using it for professional audio recordings with pro recording software like logic, pro tools, cubase or neuendo. I'll be using a external firewire sound card. I thought the 2.9 GHz dual core with 8 GB ram would do fine but thanks for the tip I'll rather save up and get a mac book pro, a

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm using a mini I've had for almost 3 years, it works great, it should have no problems running 10.7 when it's released. On Apr 4, 2011, at 5:06 AM, bigboy529 wrote: Hi I am a blind person new to the Apple world, I am considering getting a mac mini. I've raid someware that the biggest

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-04 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hi On Apr 4, 2011, at 3:42 PM, bigboy529 wrote: I'll be using it for professional audio recordings with pro recording software like logic, pro tools, cubase or neuendo. I'll be using a external firewire sound card. I thought the 2.9 GHz dual core with 8 GB ram would do fine but thanks for